Foot-rest for radiators.



W. WAIDLICH.

FOOT BEST FOR RADIATORS.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAY 29, 1914.

1,191,048. Patented July 11, 1916.

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lM uwwiloz mlier Midiiah WALTER WAIDLIGH, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

FOOT-BEST FOR RADIATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed. May 29, 1914. Serial No. 841,862.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER WAIDLIGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests for Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention provides novel supporting means adapted to be detachably fitted to a radiator for receiving the feet when it is desired to warm the same.

The invention consists of a support which may be quickly attached to a radiator and easily and instantly removed therefrom so as to be laid aside and not be in the way when not required for immediate service.

The invention provides a device which partakes of the nature of an attachment,

the same comprising a shelf, a coupler for I connecting the shelf to the radiator and bracing means for sustaining the shelf in the required position.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached Figure 1 is a perspective view of a foot rest attach- Inent embodying the invention. Fig. 2 1s a the foot rest in positop plan view showing tion upon a radiator. Fig. 3 is an end view of the foot rest showing the same in posi tion.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The foot rest comprises a shelf 1, bracing means 2 and a coupler 3. The shelf 1 may be of any length, width or material. The coupler 3 is attached to an edge the shelf and projects therefrom preferably at an inclination, such coupler comprising a stem 4: and across bar 5. The stem 4 has a plate at its attaching end which is apertured to receive the fastenings by means of which the coupler is secured to the shelf. The bracing means preferably consist of two members each being attachedat its upper end to the shelf 1 and inclining therefrom in a rearward and downward direction and terminating in feet 6 which are adapted to engage the nipples 7 connecting the sections of the radiator. The bracing means may be attached in any manner and at any convenportion of ient point to the shelf 1. The feet 6are preferably of semicircular form so as to embrace the nipples 7 and fix the position of the lower ends of the members when the device is in position.

When the parts are assembled and the rest 1s in position the shelf 1 occupies a relatively horizontal position and the coupler 3 lnclines upwardly and rearwardly, the stem 4: passing-between sections'of the radiator and the cross bar engaging loops or elements of adjacent sections thus holding one side edge of the shelf in contact with the radiator sections. The bracing means incline rearwardly and downwardly with the lower ends of the members passing between adjacent sections of the radiator and the feet engaging the nipples 7. When placing the device in position it is turned to bring the shelf in vertical position to admit of the cross bar 5 passing between adjacent sections of the radiator after which the shelf is turned into horizontal position to cause the ends of the cross bar 5 to engage the sections of the radiator between which the stem 4 passes. the lower ends of the members of the bracing means pass" between adjacent sections of the radiator and engage the nipples connecting the same. The reverse of this operation enables the device to be easily and quickly removed from the radiator to be laid aside when not required for immediate service.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily ap- The shelf is now lowered until parent to those skilled in the art to which 7 v the invention appertains, and while I have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and thatsuch changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as-new is In a device of the classjdescribed, a shelf, legs connected with the shelf and engageable with the nipples on the radiator between the sections thereof, and a shank con nected with the shelf and provided with a cross head for engagement with the side walls of the loops in the radiator sections adjacent said shank to cause one side edge In testimony whereof I affix my signature of the shelf to contact With dslaid sections, in presence of two Witnesses. said shank extending upwar ly and outwardly from said shelf to permit swinging WALTER WAIDLICH' 5 movement of the shelf in one direction to Witnesses:

remove said side edge and legs from con- PATRICK BOYLE, tact With the radiator. H. RANDLES.

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Washington, D. G. 

